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REPORT 


OF  THE 


ON  PROPOSED 


EXTENSION 

OF  THE 

St,  Louis  Water  Works, 


St.  Louis,  July,  1885. 


THOS.  J.  WHITMAN,  ....  ~ . Stoner 


ROB’T  E.  McMATH,  - 

EUGENE  F.  WEIGEL,  -  Park  Commissioner 

JOHN  ALT.  -  -  -  Harbor  &  Wharf  Commissioner 

EMORY  S.  FOSTER,  -----  Secretary 


EXTENSION  OF  ST.  LOUIS  WATERWORKS 


To  the  Honorable  Mayor  and  Municipal  Assembly  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis  : 

Gentlemen. — The  Board  of  Public  Improvements  begs  leave  to 
submit  herewith  its  report,  estimates  and  plans  for  the  extension  of  the 
low  service  division  of  the  St.  Louis  Waterworks. 

The  proposed  extension  contemplates  the  erection  of  works  of  a 
capacity  of  fifty  million  gallons  per  day  at  first,  with  provision  made 
so  that  this  can  be  increased  to  an  ultimate  capacity  of  one  hundred 
millions  of  United  States  gallons  per  day,  by  adding  pumping  machines, 
settling  basins  and  filters  as  they  may  be  required. 

The  location  of  the  new  low-service  works  recommended  by  the 
Board  of  Public  Improvements  is  near  the  Chain  of  Rocks,  about  seven 
and  a  half  miles  above  Bissell’s  Point.  The  reasons  for  taking  the  water 
from  the  river  at  the  Chain  of  Rocks  have  been- so  fully  stated  in  vari¬ 
ous  reports  to  the  city  authorities  (and  more  particularly  in  the  reports 
of  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements  submitted  during  the  last  five 
years),  that  it  will  be  sufficient  to  give  a  short  resume,  in  the  latter 
part  of  this  report,  of  the  grounds  on  which  the  Board’s  recommenda¬ 
tion  is  based. 

No  serious  argument  has  ever  been  advanced  against  the  location  at 
the  Chain  of  Rocks  except  the  presumed  greater  cost  of  the  works,  if 
erected  at  that  locality,  over  works  of  the  same  capacity  erected  at 
Bissell’s  Point.  • 

To  ascertain  whether  this  objection  is  well  founded,  plans  and 
estimates  have  been  made  for  both  locations.  Each  plan  contemplates 
the  erection  of  a  tower  in  the  river  for  receiving  the  water,  a  conduit 
from  this  tower  to  the  pump  pits,  the  foundations  for  the  pumping  ma¬ 
chinery,  the  erection  of  engine-house,  boiler-house,  and  a  house  for 
storage  of  coal,  and  a  set  of  low-service  pumping  engines  ;  the  construc¬ 
tion  of  settling  basins  and  of  filter  beds. 

As  far  as  the  items  here  mentioned  are  concerned,  the  requirements 
are  exactly  alike,  and  the  difference  in  cost  arises  from  the  natural  con¬ 
ditions  prevailing  in  the  two  locations. 

But  in  addition  to  these  works,  common  to  both  plans,  the  location 
at  the  Chain  of  Rocks  requires  the  construction  of  a  large  conduit,  seven 
and  a-half  miles  in  length,  to  convey  the  water  from  the  settling  basins  at 
the  Chain  of  Rocks  to  the  clear  well,  and  eventually  to  the  filter  beds  at 
Bissell’s  Point;  it  also  demands  the  construction  of  a  switch  track  for 
conveying  coal  to  the  low-service  works. 

These  two  items  largely  increase  the  cost  of  works  at  this  location, 


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struction  of  foundation  and  the  difference  in  the  cost  of  land  required 
for  settling  basins  and  filter  beds,  are,  as  the  estimate  shows,  sufficient 
to  balance  the  cost  of  conduit  and  railroad  switch,  not  only  for  the 
ultimate  extension  of  the  Works  to  a  capacity  of  100,000,000  gallons  per 
day,  but  even  for  the  first  extension  to  a  capacity  of  50,000,000  gallons 
per  day. 

Estimate  of  Cost  of  Low-Service  Works-Capacity  50,000  000 
Gallons  per  Day.  “  A,”  Chain  of  Rocks. 

Division  No.  1, 

EMBRACING  THE  CONSTRUCTION  OF  THE  RIVER  WORK. 

River  Tower  erected  complete  in  place . $ 

2,000  lineal  feet  conduit,  connecting  River  Tower  with  Engine 

pits,  $25 . 

9,500  cubic  yards  stone  masonry  in  pump  pits  and  engine  and 

building  foundations,  at  average  price,  $14.50 . 

9,000  cubic  yards  of  rock  excavation,  $1.00 . 

11,000  cubic  yards  of  earth  excavation,  50  cents . . 

58,000  cubic  yards  of  earth  embankment,  25  cents . 

4,000  lineal  feet  of  railroad  switch,  $2.00 . 

Engine,  Boiler  and  Coal  Houses  and  Chimney  Stack . 

Constrution  and  erection  of  three  Pumping  Engines,  with  boilers 
and  all  appurtenances  complete,  each  engine  capable  of 
pumping  twenty-five  million  gallons  per  twenty-four  hours, 

$85,000 . 

150  tons  of  48-inch  pipe  at  $35.00 . . . 

Total . $ 


25,000 

50,000 

137,750 

9,000 

5,500 

14,500 

8,000 

70,000 


255,000 

5,250 

580,000 


Division  No.  2. 


Embraces  the  construction  of  three  settling  basins  of  a  capacity  of  thirty- 
live  million  gallons  each,  with  distribution  well,  conduits,  etc. 


137,000  cubic  yards  earth  excavation,  21  cents . $  28,770 

51,000  cubic  yards  clay  puddle,  55  cents .  28,050 

525  cubic  yards  sand  filling,  $2.00 . .  1,050 

23,000  cubic  yards  concrete  masonry,  $4.60 .  105,800 

31,000  cubic  yards  stone  masonry,  $6.50 .  201,500 

1,600  cubic  yards  cut  stone  masonry,  $25.00 . . .  40,000 

500  cubic  yards  brick  masonry,  $8.00  .  40,000 

80,000  square  yards  brick  paving,  90  cents .  72,000 

4,500  square  yards  stone  paving,  $1.50 .  6,750 

Gate  houses,  gates  and  appurtenances .  11,250 


Total . $  535,170 


Division  No.  3. 


Embracing  the  construction  of  a  conduit  for  conveying  the  water  from  the 
settling  basins  at  Chain  to  filter-beds  at  Bissell’s  Point,  and  building  the  rail¬ 
road  switch  connecting  the  Wabash  track  with  the  low-service  pumping  sta¬ 


tion  at  the  Chain. 

295,000  cubic  yards  earth  excavation,  25  cents . $  73,750 

1,000  cubic  yards  puddle,  60  cents .  600 

80.500  cubic  yards  concrete  masonry,  $4.85 .  390,425 

27.500  cubic  yards  brick  masonry,  $8.00 .  220,000 

1,600  cubic  yards  rubble  stone  masonry,  $5.50 .  S,800 

500  cubic  yards  coursed  rubble  stone  masonry,  $8.00 .  4,000 

100  cubic  yards  cut  stone  masonry,  $25.00. .  2,500 

150  piles  in  foundations  across  creeks,  $15.00. .  2,250 

15,000  feet  B.  M.  timber  in  foundations  across  creeks,  $35  per  M.  525 

23,000  lineal  feet  of  railroad  track,  connecting  AVabash  track 

with  pumping  station,  $2.00 .  46,000 

Gates,  gate  houses  and  appurtenances .  . 7,500 


Total . . $  756,350 


. 


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Division  No.  4. 

Alterations  of  present  settling  basins  into  four  filter  beds  at 

$162,500  ....  . . $  650,000 

Constructing  one  additional  filter  bed .  250,000 


Total . $  900,000 

Division  No.  5. 

Land  Damages . $  65,000 


RECAPITULATION . 

Division  No.  1,  River  Work . $  580,000 

Division  No.  2,  Settling  Basins .  535,170 

Division  No.  3,  Conduit .  756,350 

Division  No.  4,  Filter  Beds .  900,000 

Division  No.  5,  Land  Damages .  .  _ 65,000 


Total . $  2,836,520 


“  B,”  Estimate  for  Extension  of  the  Low-Service  Works  at 
Bissell’s  Point. 

Division  No.  1. 

River  tower  and  bridge . $  60,000 

Conduit  connecting  river  tower  with  pump-pits  .  24,000 

45,000  cubic  yards  earth  excavation,  SO  cents .  36,000 

11,000  cubic  yards  stone  masonry  (at  average),  $16.00 .  176,000 

2,000  cubic  yards  concrete  masonry,  $4.80.^ .  9,600 

250,000  feet  B.  M.  oak  lumber,  $40.00 . ; .  10,000 

50  tons  iron  girders,  $50.00 .  2,500 

45,000  cubic  yards  earth  embankment,  36  cents .  16,200 

6,000  cubic  yards  rip-rap,  $1.25 .  7,500 

Coffer  dam .  55,000 

Buildings  and  chimney  stack .  70,000 

Two  engines  and  boilers,  each  of  a  capacity  of  25,000,000  gallons 

per  day,  $85,000 . 170,000 

130  tons  of  48-inch  pipe  in  pump  mains,  $35.00 .  4,550 

Gates,  valves  and  check-valves .  6,500 


Total . $  647,850 

Division  No.  2. 

Raising  the  walls  of  the  present  settling  basins  sufficient  to  give  them  a 
working  capacity  of  twenty  million  gallons  each. 

3,370  cubic  yards  stone  masonry,  $10.00 .  . $  33,700 

150  cubic  yards  stone  masonry,  $20.00  . —  3,000 

2,700  cubic  yards  clay  puddle,  75  cents .  2,025 

10,000  cubic  yards  earth  work,  45  cents .  4,500 

500  cubic  yards  sand  filling,  $2.00 .  1,000 

9,000  linear  feet  coping .  9,000 

Alterations  in  gate  houses  and  extra  work .  2,500 


Total . $  55,725 


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Division  No.  3. 

Embracing  the  construction  of  two  settling  basins  on  the  land  adjoining 
Ferry  Street  on  the  south,  of  a  capacity  of  thirty-five  million  gallons. 

320,000  cubic  yards  earth  work,  37  cents . $  118,400 

85,000  cubic  yards  clay  puddle,  80  cents . .  68,000 

15,000  cubic  yards  concrete  masonry,  $4.60 .  69,000 

20,000  cubic  yards  stone  masonry,  $6.50 .  130,000 

1.200  cubic  yards  cut  stone  masonry,  $25.00 .  30,000 

4,500  cubic  yards  brick  masonry,  $8.00 .  36,000 

68,000  square  yards  brick  paving,  90  cents .  61,200 

3.200  square  yards  stone  paving,  $1.50 .  4,800 

230,000  feet  B.  M.  pine  lumber  in  foundations,  $23.00 .  5,290 

800  cubic  yards  of  sand  filling,  $2.00 .  1,600 

300  tons  of  48-inch  pipe,  $35.00 .  10,500 

Gate  house,  gates,  etc.,  etc .  11,000 

Total . $  545,790 

Division  No.  4. 

Construction  of  five  filter  beds  at  $250,000.00 .  $  1,250,000 

Division  No.  5. 

Land  damages;  75  acres,  at  $5,500 . $  412,500 

Recapitulation. 

Division  No.  1.  River  work . $  647, S50 

Division  No.  2.  Increasing  capacity  of  present  settling  basins  . .  55,725 

Division  No.  3.  Additional  settling  basins . 545,790 

Division  No.  4.  Five  filter  beds .  1,250,000 

Division  No.  5.  Land  damages .  412,500 

Total . ..$  2,911,865 

To  increase  the  capacity  of  the  low-service  works  to  one  hundred  million 
gallons  per  day  would  require 

At  Chain  of  Rocks. 

Three  additional  pumping  engines  at  $85,000 . $  255.000 

Three  additional  settling  basins  at  $160,000 .  480,000 

Construction  of  five  additional  filter  beds  at  Bissell’s  Point  at 

$250,000 . 1,250,000 

Total . $  1,985,000 

At  Bissell’s  Point. 

Two  pumping  engines,  $85,000 . $  170,000 

Two  settling  basins,  $252,000 .  504,000 

Five  filter  beds,  $250,000  . 1,250,000 

Total . $  1,924,000 

In  the  estimate  for  construction  at  Bissell’s  Point,  the  cost  of  land 
adjacent  to  the  present  low-service  works,  which  would  be  required  for 
the  future  extension  to  a  capacity  of  100,000,000  gallons,  has  been 
included,  because,  unless  the  land  was  secured  now,  the  rise  in  value 
would  probably  become  so  great  as  to  preclude  any  further  extension 
at  this  location. 


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The  estimate  for  land  damages  at  Chain  of  Rocks  also  includes  the 
cost  of  all  land  needed  in  the  future  extension  of  the  works  to  one 
hundred  million  capacity. 

To  avoid  the  cost  of  purchasing  additional  land,  plans  and  esti¬ 
mates  for  the  extension  at  Bissell’s  Point  were  first  made  locating  the 
basins  on  the  ground  now  owned  by  the  city,  just  west  of  the  present 
settling  basins.  Owing  to  the  distance  back  from  the  river,  the  bottom 
of  the  proposed  basins  would  have  to  be  raised  some  nine  or  ten  feet 
above  the  present  surface  of  the  ground,  in  order  to  be  able  to  drain 
the  sediment  deposited  into  the  river. 

The  area  of  available  ground  at  this  location  limited  the  capacity  of 
the  proposed  works  to  forty  million  gallons  per  day. 

The  estimated  cost  of  this  work  was  so  great,  and  the  proposed 
construction  was  considered  so  unsafe,  that  the  plans  were  abandoned 
as  impi  acticable. 

The  location  at  the  Chain  of  Rocks  has  the  following  advantages 
over  the  location  at  Bissell’s  Point: 

1.  It  will  secure  for  all  time  to  come  water  not  contaminated  by 
sewage,  as  the  intake  will  be  above  all  influence  of  town  drainage,  shore 
nuisances  or  washings  incidental  to  the  suburbs  of  a  city. 

2.  At  the  Chain  the  foundations  for  the  machinery  can  be  had  on 
solid  rock,  while  at  BisselPs  Point  it  would  be  some  twenty-two  feet 
above  the  rock.  Also  the  ground  at  the  Chain  gives  a  much  better 
foundation  for  the  masonry  of  the  settling  basins  than  at  Bissell’s  Point. 

3.  An  estimate  can  be  made  for  construction  at  the  Chain  with 
much  more  accuracy  than  at  Bissell’s  Point.  In  the  latter  case  the  cost 
of  construction  is  more  liable  to  be  largely  increased  by  accidents. 

4.  The  estimate  for  the  Chain  includes  the  cost  of  new  machinery 
in  place  of  that  now  in  use  at  Bissell’s  Point,  which  (assuming  that  the 
works  at  the  Chain  may  be  put  in  operation  in  1888-9)  will  have  been 
in  constant  operation  for  seventeen  or  eighteen  years. 

5.  The  Chain  of  Rocks  construction  will  enable  a  storage  of  fil¬ 
tered  water  to  be  made  in  the  present  basins.  After  the  consumption 
reaches  forty-five  to  fifty  million  gallons  per  day,  such  storage  will  be 
absolutely  required.  If,  in  addition  to  the  estimate  given  for  the  exten¬ 
sion  at  Bissell’s  Point,  provision  of  this  kind  be  added,  the  expense 
of  construction  would  largely  exceed  the  expense  of  building  at  the 
Chain  of  Rocks. 

6.  It  would  be  practically  impossible  to  sewer  the  area  of  the  city 
that  drains  into  the  river  above  the  present  location  of  the  low-service 
works,  so  that  the  storm  water  could  be  delivered  into  the  river  below 
the  present  intake.  The  sewage  proper  could  be  thus  treated,  but  this 
would  require  a  double  system  of  sewers,  the  extra  cost  of  which  would 
be  over  one  million  dollars  and  a  large  annual  expenditure  for  pumping. 


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7.  The  ground  between  Broadway  and  the  river,  for  three  and  a 
half  miles  above  Bissell’s  Point,  being  very  suitable  for  the  purpose, 
will  undoubtedly,  to  a  great  extent,  be  covered  with  factories  of  one 
kind  and  another ;  the  transportation  of  materials  used  here  will  be 
largely  by  river,  and  thus,  within  the  next  twelve  or  fifteen  years  there 
will  probably  be  quite  a  number  of  river  craft  lying  along  the  shore 
just  above  the  place  where  the  water  for  the  supply  of  the  city  would  be 
taken,  should  the  extension  be  made  at  Bissell’s  Point. 

8.  Owing  to  their  location,  the  present  basins  at  Bissell’s  Point 
cannot  be  cleaned  from  about  the  middle  of  April  to  middle  of  Sep¬ 
tember,  whereby  their  capacity  is  reduced  fully  one-fifth.  At  the 
Chain  of  Rocks  the  elevation  of  the  ground  is  such  that  the  settling 
basins  can  be  placed  high  enough  to  be  cleaned  at  all  stages  of  water, 
and  the  increased  slope  to  the  conduits  that  cany  the  sediment  back 
to  the  river  will  insure  the  handling  of  the  material  in  less  time  and 
at  less  expense  than  obtains  in  the  present  basins. 

9.  As  shown  by  the  estimates,  the  source  of  supply  can  now  be 
changed  to  the  Chain  of  Rocks  without  a  money  loss ;  but  should 
extensions  of  the  river  work  be  made  at  Bissell  s  Point,  then  no  change 
in  the  mode  of  taking  the  water  from  the  river  could  be  had  without 
the  sacrifice  of  the  largest  part  of  the  cost  of  this  construction. 

The  accompanying  maps  and  plans  are  submitted  with  this  re¬ 
port,  viz. : 

No.  1.  Map  of  part  of  St.  Louis  County,  with  profiles. 

No.  2  Map  showing  west  bank  of  Mississippi  river  from  Grand 
Avenue  to  the  northern  limits  of  city. 

No.  3.  Map  showing  proposed  location  of  pumping  station  and 
settling  basins  at  Chain  of  Rocks. 

No.  4.  Plan  of  pump  pits  and  of  foundations  for  buildings  and 
chimney. 

No.  5.  Details  of  receiving  basin. 

No.  6.  Plan  showing  proposed  construction  of  one  of  the  set¬ 
tling  basins. 

No.  7.  Details  and  sections  of  basins  and  waste-well  walls. 

No.  8.  Plan  of  influent  weir  and  gate  chamber  for  delivering  the 
water  to  settling  basins. 

No.  9.  Plans  of  effluent  wells  and  conduits  for  delivering  settled 
water  to  main  conduit. 

No.  10.  Map  showing  location  of  proposed  conduit  from  BisselPs 
Point  to  Chain  of  Rocks ;  also  location  of  railroad  switch. 

No.  11.  Profile  of  conduit  line. 

No.  12.  Plan  of  proposed  section  of  main  conduit. 

Nos.  13,  14  and  15.  Plans  and  section  of  main  culverts  for  cross¬ 
ing  streams  under  conduit. 

No.  16.  Plan  showing  location  of  river  tower,  pump  pits,  and 
foundations  of  buildings. 

No.  17.  Plan  showing  proposed  location  of  settling  basins  on  the 
ground  south  of  Ferry  Street,  and  between  Ken  nett  Street  and  the 
river. 


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The  construction  of  the  works  at  the  Chain  can  be  so  devised  as 
to  get  a  portion  of  it  into  use  by  the  fall  of  1888.  By  that  time  the 
conduit  could  be  built  and  the  engine  building  far  enough  advanced  to 
allow  of  the  erection  of  one  of  the  pumping  machines.  By  1889  one 
of  the  three  basins  could  be  completed  and  during  the  following  yeary 
1890,  the  entire  work,  except  the  filter  beds,  required  to  furnish  fifty 
million  gallons  per  day,  could  be  put  into  operation. 

If  the  financial  policy,  now  thoroughly  inaugurated,  be  continued, 
then  the  statement  marked  ‘  ‘A”  will  show  in  what  order  the  work  can  be 
carried  on,  and  when  the  entire  extension  to  a  capacity  of  fifty  mil¬ 
lion  gallons  per  day  can  be  completed. 

In  making  up  this  statement,  it  is  believed  that  the  minimum  of 
income  has  been  given,  and  that  the  maximum  of  operating  expenses 
has  been  estimated  for. 

The  amount  allotted  for  the  extension  of  the  distribution  pipe  for 
the  first  few  years,  is  doubtless  rather  limited,  but  considering  the  very 
large  amounts  that  have  been  given  to  this  part  of  the  works  during 
1884-5,  and  the  imperative  necessity  of  having  the  capacity  of  the  low- 
service  work  increased  in  the  shortest  time  possible,  has  induced  the 
Board  to  limit  the  yearly  amount  for  laying  pipes  during  1886,  1887, 
1888,  and  1889,  to  the  lowest  amount  admissible. 

In  conclusion,  the  Board  desires  to  say,  that  although  extensive 
surveys,  borings,  soundings,  test  pits  and  other  examinations  of  the 
grounds  upon  which  it  is  proposed  to  locate  the  works  have  been 
made,  yet  the  plans  herewith  submitted  are  not  proposed  with  a  view 
of  their  being  adopted,  as  the  final  plans  for  construction ;  but,  rather, 
they  are  to  be  considered  as  the  general  plans  on  which  to  base  esti¬ 
mates  of  costs,  and  as  showing  the  general  designs  and  location  of 
the  proposed  construction. 

The  estimates  are  considered  sufficient  to  cover  the  maximum  cost 
in  any  event,  and  it  is  believed  that  experiments  now  in  progress  will 
demonstrate  that  the  cost  of  construction,  as  regards  the  settling 
basins  and  filter  beds,  can  be  reduced  materially  below  the  amount  es¬ 
timated  for  this  portion  of  the  works,  while  in  no  part  of  the  proposed 
construction  will  the  estimates  be  exceeded. 

On  the  other  hand,  as  has  been  stated  above,  the  anticipated 
income  from  water  rates  has  been  placed  at  what  is  considered  a  mini¬ 
mum  amount,  while  the  operating  expenses  have  been  placed  at  what 
is  believed  to  be  an  outside  figure. 

The  Board  would  earnestly  recommend  to  the  Honorable  Municipal 
Assembly  that  they  take  such  action  as  will  enable  the  construction  of 
the  low-service  works  at  the  Chain  of  Rocks,  to  be  commenced  during 
the  present  season. 

By  order  of  the  Board, 


HENRY  FLAD,  President . 


thf 

JO"N  cHtrnm 


Statement  showing  result  if  the  Interest  on  Water  Bonds,  from  188£ 


Year. 

o 

cS 

3 

O 

Quantity  of  water  used 
in  millions  and  tenths. 

Estimated  amount  of 
Income  from  Water 
Rates. 

Operating’  expenses  of 
Water  Commissioner 
and  Assessor  and  Col¬ 
lector  of  Water  Rates 
Department. 

Appi'opriation  for  lay¬ 

ing  water  pipe  and 
distribution  mains. 

Interest  on  Water 

Bonds  paid  out  of 

Interest  Revenue. 

Interest  on  Water 

Bonds  paid  out  of 

Water  Works  Re¬ 

venue. 

1885.. 

404,000 

34.2 

$  760,000 

$  309,000 

$  60,000 

$  312,000 

1886.. 

415,000 

35.3 

781.000 

317  000 

50,000 

312,000 

1887.. 

426,000 

36.2 

817,000 

326.000 

55,000 

312,000 

1888.. 

|  437,000 

37.2 

838,000 

335,000 

60,000 

242,000 

1889 . . 

449,000 

38.2 

859,000 

344  000 

65,000 

242,000 

1 

1890.. 

461,000 

39.2 

880,000 

353,000 

70,000 

242,000 

1891.. 

473,000 

40.2 

902,000 

363,000 

75,000 

233,000 

1892.. 

486,000 

41.3 

923,000 

372,000 

250,000 

39,000 

$  194,000 

1893.. 

499.000 

42.4 

945,000 

407,000 

125,000 

208,000 

1894. . 

512.000 

43.5 

967,000 

418,000 

100,000 

199,800 

1895.. 

525,000 

44.6 

990,000 

428,000 

100,000 

189,832 

1896.. 

539,000 

45.8 

1,013,000 

440,000 

100  000 

188,745 

1897.. 

553,000 

47.0 

1,036,000 

451,000 

100  000 

177,375 

1898.. 

567,000 

48.2 

1,059,000 

463,000 

100,000 

165,070 

1899.. 

582,000 

49.4 

1,083,000 

474,000 

100,000 

161,833 

1900.. 

597,000 

50.7 

1,107,000 

487,000 

100,000 

157,946 

1901.. 

612,000 

52.0 

1,131,000 

499,000 

100,000 

143,464 

1902.. 

628,000 

53.3 

1,156,000  | 

512,000 

100,000 

134,323 

1903.. 

644,000 

54.7 

1,181,000 

525,000 

100,000 

117,936 

1904.. 

660,01  0 

56  i; 

1,207,000  [ 

539,000 

100,000 

100,413 

1905.. 

676,000 

57.5 

1,232,000  ! 

552,000 

100,000 

81,709 

1906.. 

692,000 

58-9! 

1,260,000  1 

565,000 

100,000 

61.77S 

1907.. 

709,000 

60.3 

1,287,000  j 

579,000 

100,000  j 

40,449 

1908.. 

726,000 

61.7 

1,315,000  | 

592,000 

100,000 

17,747 

1909.. 

743,000 

63.2 

1,343,000 

607,000 

100.000 

1910.. 

761,000 

64.7 

1,372,000  1 

621,000 

100,000 

1911.. 

779  000 

66.2 

1,401.000  j 

636.000 

100,000 

1912.. 

798,000 

67.8 

1 ,430,000 

651.000 

100,000 

1913.. 

817,000 

69.4 

1 ,460,000 

666,000 

100  000  I 

1914.. 

836,000 

71.1 

1,490,000  i 

683,000 

100,000 

1915. 

856,000 

72.8 

1,520,000 

700,000 

100,000 

1916.. 

876,000 

74.5 

1,550,000  j 

718,000 

100,000 

1 

$36,295,000 

J 

$15,932,000 

$3,110,000 

$1,934,000 

$2,340,420 

“A” 


_<55E 2& 


Statement  showing  result  if  the  Interest  on  Water  Bonds,  from  1881 


to  1891,  be  paid  out  of  Interest  Revenue,  and  Surplus  Income  of  Water 
of  the  Works. 


Works  over  Operating  Expenses  be  applied  to  the  Extension 


:i 

5  is 


1885. 

404,000 

34.2 

$  760,000 

$  309,000 

$  60.000 

1886., 

.  415.000 

35.3 

781  000 

317  000 

50.000 

18S7  ■ 

,  126,000 

36.2 

817,000 

326,000 

55,000 

1888.. 

,  437,000 

37.2 

838,000 

335,000 

60,000 

1889., 

.  449,000 

38.2 

859,000 

344  000 

65,000 

1890., 

.  461.000 

39.2 

880,000 

353,000 

70,000 

1891 . , 

473,000 

40.2 

902,000 

363.000 

75,000 

1893 . . 

,  486,000 

41.3 

923,000 

372,000 

250,000 

1893.. 

,  499.000 

42.4 

945,000 

407,000 

125,000 

1894.. 

.  512.000 

43.5 

967,000 

418,000 

100,000 

1895.. 

,  525,000 

44.6 

990,000 

428,000 

100,000 

1896.. 

539,000 

45.8 

1,013,000 

440,000 

100  000 

1897.. 

553,000 

47.0 

1 ,036,000 

461,000 

100  000 

18!I8.. 

567,000 

48.2 

1,059,000 

463,000 

100,000 

1 899 • ■ 

582,000  ; 

49.4 

1 ,083,000 

474,000 

100,000 

1900.. 

597,000 

50.7 

1,107,000 

487,000 

100,000 

1901.. 

612,000 

52.0 

1,131.000 

499,000 

100,000 

1902.. 

,  628,000 

53.3 

1,156,000 

512,000 

100,000 

1903.. 

644,000 

54.7 

1,181,000 

525,000 

100,000 

1904.. 

660,01  0 

56  1 

1,207,000) 

539,000 

100,000 

1905.. 

676.000 

57.5 

1,232,000  i 

552,000 

109,000 

1906. . 

692,000 

58.9 

1,260,000 

665,000 

100,000 

1907.. 

709,000 

60.31 

1 .2S7.000  i 

579,000 

100,000 

1 90S . . 

726,000 

61.7 

1.315,000  i 

692,000 

100,000  1 

1909.. 

743,000 

63.2 

1,343,000 

607,000 

100.000  1 

1910.. 

761 ,000 

64.7 

1.372,000  1 

621,000 

100,000  I 

1911.. 

779  000 

66.2 

1,401.000  1 

636.000 

100,000 

1912.. 

79S.000 

67.8 

1 ,430,000  : 

651.000 

100,000 

1913.. 

817.000 

69.4 

1,460,000 

666,000 

100  000 

1914.. 

836,000 

71.1 

1,490,000  i 

683,000 

100,000 

1915. 

!  856,000 

72.  s 

1,520,000 

700,000 

100.000  j 

1916.. 

876,000 

74.6 

1,550,000  | 

718,000 

100,000 

1 

836.295,000 

$15,932,000 

$3,110,000  j 

$  312,000 
312,000 
312,000 
242,000 
242,000 
242,000 
233,000 
39,000 


3 

J 


$  194.000 
208^000 
199,800 

189.832 
188,745 
177,375 
165,070 

161.833 
157.946 
143,464 
134,323 
117,936 
100,413 

81.709 

61,778 

40,449 

17.747 


$  369,000 
367,000 
381,000 
395,000 
409,000 
423,000 
438,000 
816,000 
740,000 
717.800 

717.832 
728.745 
728.375 
728,070 

735.833 
744,946 
742,464 
746,323 
742,936 
739.413 
733,709 
726,778 
719,449 
709,747 
707,000 
721,000 
736,000 
751,000 
766,000 
783,000 
800,000 
818,000 


1.382,420 


Amount  that  can  be 

appropriated  for  ex¬ 

tension  of  works. 

LOW -SERVICE  WORK. 

HIGH-SERVi; 

Div.  No.  1. 

River  Work. 

1. 

Div.  No. 

Conduit. 

Div.  No.  4. 

Filters. 

M 

ft 

if 

s| 

$580,000 

$535,170 

$756,750 

$900,000 

$65,00C 

)  $155,000 

>  $85, ( 

$  391,000 
414,000 
436,000 
443,000 
450,000 
457,000 
464.000 
107,000 

$391,000 

169,000 

196,750 

$180,000 

239,250 

160,750 

$65,000 

_ 

1  . . 

$252,250 

282,920 

|  $30, ( 
15,0 
40,0 

$  67,080 
262,000 
464,000 
107,000 

$155,000 

. 

. 

245,000 

S5,000 

160,000 

250,000 

250,000 

250,000 

250,000 

160,000 

160,000 

85,000 

250,000 

155,000 

40,000 

85,000 

250,000 

155,000 

40,0* 

85,000 

160,000 

85,000 

160,000 

i  $4,S42,000  I 

$S35,000  i 

$1,015,170  : 

$756,750  i 

$1,650,080 

$65,000 

$310,000 

$125,01 

100  $85,000 


$85,000 


o 


>0  $85,000 


$5,200,000 

5,200,000 

5,200.000 

5,200,000 

5,200,000 

5,200,000 

5,200,000 

5,200,000 

4,995,000 

4,745,800 

4,718,632 

4,434,377 

4,126,752 

4,045,822 

3,948,655 

3,586,601 

3,358,065 

2,948,388 

2,510,324 

2,042,737 

1,544,446 

1,011,224 

443,673 


i 

K 

n 

S 

5 


delH^r  twenty 


$  205,000 
249,200 
27,168 
284,255 
307,625 
80,930 
97,167 
362,054 
228,536 
409,677 
438,064 
467,587 
498,291 
533,222 
567,551 
443,673 


$5,200,000  $4,870,580 


$  76,580 
386,000 
496,000 
625,000 
679,000 
694,000 
622,000 
560,000 
732,000 


five  million 
water  per  day. 

1889.— Low-service  engine,  No.  3, 
erected,  and  settling  basin.  No.  1,  com¬ 
pleted;  liigh-service  pump  main,  No. 

8,JA'  ' .  Nos.  2  and  3, 

house 


-High-service'  engine,  No.  6, 
erected,  and  liigh-service  pump  main, 
No.  (i,  laid;  Niters,  Nos.  1  and  2,  com¬ 
pleted. 

1893.— Filters,  Nos.  3,  4  and  5,  com¬ 
pleted  ;  works  completed  to  a  capacitv 
of  tit  ty  million  gallons  of  filtered  water 
per  day. 

1897.— Low-service  engine,  No.  4, 
erected,  and  settling  basin.  No.  4,  com¬ 
pleted. 

1900. — Filter,  No.  6,  completed. 

1901.  -Filter,  No.  7,  completed. 

1903.— Sett  ling  b  asi  n , No.  5,  completed. 

1910. — Low-service  engine,  No.  5, 

1911. — Filter,  No.  8,  completed. 

1912—  High-  service  engine,  No.  7, 

erected,  and  pump  main.  No.  7,  laid. 

1916.— Low-service  engine,  No.  6. 
erected,  and  settling  basin,  No.  6,  com- 


DNlVF^rTY  OF 
h-UNOIS  LIBRARY 


States 


Surplus  Income  of  Water  Works  be  applied  to  the 


Year. 

Population. 

HIGH- SERVICE 

WORK. 

Amount  of  Bonded 
Debt. 

Amountof  Surplus  In¬ 

come  to  be  applied  to 
Payment  of  Bonds. 

Surplus  Income. 

Division  No.  1. 
High-Service  En¬ 
gines. 

Division  No.  2. 
Pump  Mains, 

Nos.  5  and  6. 

Division  No.  3. 
High  Service  En¬ 
gine  House. 

1885-. 

404. ( 

$5,200,000 

1886. 

415, ( 

5,200,000 

1887  •  • 

426, ( 

0 

5,200,000 

1888.. 

437, C 

0 

5,200,000 

1889 . . 

449,  ( 

5^200,000 

1890 . . 

461 ,( 

5^200,000 

1891  •  • 

473, ( 

5  200  000 

1892 .  • 

486, ( 

5^200|000 

1898.. 

499, ( 

5,200,000 

1894 . . 

512, ( 

$  38,000 

5,200,000 

1895 . . 

525,( 

7,000 

$85,000 

5,200,000 

1896.. 

539, ( 

5,200,000 

1897 . . 

553, ( 

5,200,000 

1898  . . 

567,( 

$155,000 

10,000 

5,200,000 

1899 .  • 

582, ( 

40,000 

5,200,000 

. 

1900 . . 

597, C 

5,200,000 

1901  • . 

612, ( 

5,126,000 

$  74  000 

1902 . . 

628, ( 

4,947,040 

178,960 

1903  . . 

644, ( 

4,610,922 

336,118 

1904 . . 

660, ( 

4,247,359 

363,563  ! 

1905 . . 

676, ( 

3,847,253 

400,106 

1906 . . 

692, C 

3,416,143 

431,110 

1907 .  • 

709, C 

2,954,789 

461,354 

1908 . . 

726, C 

2,534,980 

419,809 

1909.. 

743, C 

2,010,379 

524  601 

1910 . . 

761, C 

155,000 

1,604.794 

405,585 

1911.. 

779, C 

. 

30,000 

1,043^985 

560,809 

1912 . . 

798, C 

416,744 

627,241 

1913 . . 

1914 . . 

817, ( 
836,( 

416,744 

$  587 

602  000 

1915  • . 

856,  ( 

UVAIjVA/U 

550  000 

1916.. 

876, ( 

722,000 

| 

* 

0 

$310.0001  $125, 000 

$85,000 

$5,200,000  $1,874,587 

Statement  showing  result  if  the  Interest  on  Water  Bonds  from  It 


“B” 

385  to  1891  be  paid  out  of  Water  Works  Revenue,  and  6  Surplus  Income  of  Water  Works  be  applied  to  the 
Extension  of  the  Works. 


!« 

HI 

N 

Ils 


£13 


ii 


1885 .. 

404.000 

34.2 

$  760,000  , 

$  309,000  j 

$  60,000 

$  312,000 

$  681,000 

1886. 

415,000  35.3 

781,000 

317,000 

50.000 

312,000 

679,000 

1887 • • 

426,000  36.2 

817,000 

326,000 

55,000 

312,000 

693,000 

1888.. 

437,000  37.2 

838,000 

335,000 

60,000 

242,000 

637,000 

1889.. 

449,000 

38.2 

859,000 

344,000 

65,000 

242,000 

651, 0U0 

1890.. 

461 ,000 

39.2 

880,000 

353,000 

70,000 

242,000 

665,000 

1891  •  • 

473,000 

40.21 

902,000 

363,000 

75,000 

233,000 

671,000 

1892.. 

486,000 

41.3 

923,000 

372,000 

75,000 

233,000 

680,000 

1893.. 

499,000 

42.4 

945,000 

382,000 

75,000 

208,000 

665,000 

1894.. 

512,000 

43.5 

.  967,000 

392,000 

75.000 

208,000 

675,000 

1895.. 

525,000 

44.6 

990,000 

401.000 

75,000 

208,000 

684,000 

1896.. 

539,000 

45.8 

1,013,000 

412,000 

75.000 

208,000 

695,000 

1897.. 

553,000 

47-0 

1 ,036,000 

423,000 

75,000 

208,000 

706,000 

1898.. 

567,000 

48.2 

1,059,000 

463,000 

185,000 

208,000 

856,000 

1899 . . 

582,000 

49.4 

1,083,000 

474,000 

116,000 

208,000 

798,000 

1900.. 

597,000  50.7 

1,107,000 

487,000 

162,000 

208,000 

857,000 

1901  •• 

612,000 

52.0 

1,131,000 

499,000 

100,000 

20S,000 

807,000 

1902 . . 

628,000  53.3 

1,156,000 

512,000 

100,000 

205.040 

817,040 

1903 . . 

644,000 

54  -  7 

1,181.000 

525,000 

122,000 

197,882 

844,882. 

1904 . . 

660,000 

!  56 . 1 

1,207,000 

539.000 

120,000 

184,437 

S43,437 

1905.. 

676,000  57.5 

1,232,000 

552,000 

110,000 

169,894 

831,894 

1906 . . 

692,000 

58.9 

1,260,000 

565,000 

110,000 

153,890 

828,890 

1907.. 

709,000 

60.3 

l  1.287  000 

579,000 

110,000 

136,646 

S25,646 

1908.. 

726,000 

61.7 

1  1,315,000 

592.000 

110,000 

118,191 

820,191 

1909.. 

743,000  63.2 

1,343,000 

607,000 

110,000 

101,399 

818,399 

1910.. 

761,000  ;64.7 

1,372,000 

621,000 

110,000 

80,415 

811.415 

1911.. 

779,000 

66.2 

1  1,401,000 

636,000 

110.000 

64,191 

810,191 

1912.. 

798,000 

1 67  •  S 

:  1,430,000 

651,000 

110,000 

41  759 

802,759 

1913 . . 

817,000 

i  69  -  4 

i  1,460,000 

666,000 

■  110.000 

16,669 

792,669 

1914 . . 

836,000 

'71.1 

1,490,000 

683,000 

110,000 

793,000 

1915.. 

856,000 

72. S 

S  1,520,000 

700,000 

110,000 

810,000 

1916.. 

,  876,000  74..' 

i|  1,550,000 

718,000 

110,000 

. 

S28,000 

$36,295,000 

1  $15,798,000 

$3,110,000 

$5,470,413 

$24,378,413 

1$ 79,000 
102,000 
124,000 
201,000 
208,000 
215,000 
231,000 
243,000 
280,000 
292,000 
306,000 
318,000 
330,000 
203,000 
2S5,000 
250,000 
324,000 
338,960 
336,118 


400,106 

431,110 

461,354 

494.809 
524,601 
560,585 

590.809 
627,241 
667,331 


Amount  that  can  he 

Appropriated  for  Ex¬ 

tension  of  Works. 

LOW-SERVICE  WORK. 

HIGH -SERVICE  WORK. 

Division  No.  1. 

River  Work. 

Division  No.  2. 

Settling  Basins. 

Division  No.  3. 

Conduit. 

Division  No.  4. 

Filters. 

Division  No.  5. 

Land  Damages. 

1 

Division  No.  2. 

Pump  Mains, 

Nos.  5  and  6. 

Division  No.  3. 

High  Service  En¬ 

gine  House. 

. 

$  181,000 
124,000 
201,000 
208,000 
215,000 
231,000 
243,000 
280,000 
292,000 
306,000 
318,000 
330.000 
203  000 
285,000 
250,000 
250,000 
160,000 

$181,000 

100,000 

160,000 

100,000 

100,000 

115,750 

$24,00  0 

41,00  0 

$108,000 

115.000 

115,250 

241,750 

. 

. 

. 

$  1,250 
280,000 

254,000 

4 

$  38,000 
7,000 

$  214,000 
318,000 
330.000 
38,900 

$85,000 

. 

$155,000 

10,000 

40,000 

85,000 

160,000 

250.000 

250,000 

. 

. 

. 

75,000 

75,000 

. 

155,000 

30,000 

155,000 

30,000 

250,000 

95.000 

160,000 

. 

250,000 

95,000 

• 

. 

160,000 

. 

$4,842,000 

$835,000 

$S55.250 

$756,750  $1,650,000 

$65,00  0 

$310,000 

$125,000' 

$85,0001 

$5,200,000 

5,200,000 

5,200,000 

5,200,000 

5,200,000 

5,200,000 

5,200,000 

5,200,000 

5,200,000 

5,200,000 

5,200,000 

5,200,000 

5,200,000 

5,200,000 

5,200.000 

5,200,000 

5,126,000 

4.947,040 

4,610.922 

4,247,359 

3,847,253 

3,416,143 

2.954,789 

2.534.9S0 

2,010,379 

1,604.794 

1,013,985 

416,744 


$  74,000 

178,960 
336,118 


400,106  . 

431,110  . 

461,354  . 

419.809  . 

524,601  . 

405,585  . 

560.809  . 

627,241  . 

416,744  S  5S7 
.  602,000 


722,000 


85.200,000  81.874, 5S7 


tea 


CALVARY 


BELLEFONTAINE 


PROPOSED 


CQNDUI 


O' FALLON 


sMet  ISLAA/0 


PI  „A.N  OF  WATERWORKS  LOW  SERVICE  EXTENSIO: 


LOCATED 


AT  CHAIN  OF  ROOKS. 


1 


3SHQH  3NI9N3 


BREMEN 


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